Hearing Liang Lidong's words, Uther grinned and laughed loudly. "I am a soldier. Seeing skills and magic that I have never seen before, of course I will think of a way to break them. Your Excellency, the blood magic that you are most proud of is not very useful now. Why don't you surrender? Now that neither of us has seen blood, I think there is still room for negotiation! "
A thick fog formed around Liang Lidong, and then was blown away by the strong wind. Liang Lidong listened to the sound of his robe fluttering in the strong wind. He was silent for a while, then shook his head. "Just like how you did not believe me, I do not believe you now. If I surrender, the consequences will be terrible. Trust is a two-way street. I tried to explain, but you did not believe me. Then, I have no reason to believe you. "
"But now you do not have much chance of winning." Uther pointed at the thick fog that was blown away and laughed. "Without blood magic, you are just an ordinary priest. Perhaps you have a lot of scrolls, but we have more people here. Your Excellency, surrender. I guarantee on the honor of my family that as long as you only listen to our suggestions and do not make things difficult for us, we will not hurt you. "
Hearing Uther's words, Liang Lidong laughed. "Do you really think that without blood magic, I have no combat power?"
Uther looked at Liang Lidong's smile and found it particularly annoying. He frowned and said, "But I really can't think of anything. What can you do in a situation like this alone? No matter how powerful a spellcaster is, there is no way to fight against so many professionals, unless you are at the level of an Archmage. But I think that is not possible! "
Archmage was what NPCs called "Legendary" in the players' minds.
"Then try. I will let you people see the strength of the first echelon of players!"
Uther immediately took two steps back. He did not understand what a "player" was, but he knew how to observe the aura. After Beta said this, his entire aura changed. Originally, Beta gave people a calm and gentle aura, but now, his eyes were bright and full of spirit. His whole body was filled with an inexplicable deterrence, like a fierce tiger that was about to choose its prey.
"Your Excellency Beta, we don't have to …" Uther seemed unwilling to give up.
But Liang Lidong shouted, "Shut up!" and threw a scroll at Uther.
Uther retreated quickly, and the scroll fell to the ground and instantly turned into a pillar of fire that spewed upwards. The temperature of the pillar of fire was extremely high. Uther was already at least two meters away from the pillar of fire, but he could still feel the scorching heat on his face.
This spell was Earth Fire Eruption, a small-scale spell that could be cast at a fixed location. For a spellcaster who specialized in fire, Earth Fire Eruption would not only have a larger range, but it would also last longer. After the pillar of fire appeared, Liang Lidong immediately rushed towards Uther. His speed was very fast. In the blink of an eye, he had bypassed the pillar of fire and arrived in front of Uther.
The Pseudo-Fallen Emperor's Sword reflected the red light of the flames and stabbed towards Uther's throat like a fiery lightning bolt. This sword was incredibly fast. Only those who specialized in swordsmanship could use such a strange sword technique with such speed. At this time, Uther finally remembered that not only was Beta a spellcaster, but he also seemed to be an expert in swordsmanship. He had always thought that Beta was at most a flashy one, but now he finally realized that he was ridiculously wrong.
A heavy, long-handled weapon like the greatsword was quite powerful if there was a certain distance between them. Its attack power was strong, and its range was large. But if someone got close, it would be troublesome.
Because of the weight, the greatsword could not be swung as fast as a longsword. At this time, it was too late for Uther to block with the greatsword. He could only clench his left hand and punch.
Players of the warrior profession usually wore light leather armor in pursuit of high mobility. NPCs, on the other hand, liked to wear heavy armor to strengthen their own defense. This was caused by two different ideologies. Players believed that if they moved too slowly, they would become targets. Moreover, heavy armor had too many restrictions on the body. For example, a spellcaster's Soil to Mud could bury a Heavy Armor Warrior alive. If one had enough speed, they could escape from the effective casting range before the soil completely softened.
Warrior players who wore leather armor usually had leather gauntlets. Hence, they rarely used their fists to deal with their enemies. However, NPCs wore heavy armor. Their gauntlets were also made of iron. When necessary, they could be used as boxing gloves. This punch collided with the tip of the sword, actually interrupting the attack of the Pseudo-Fallen Emperor's sword. Because of the great strength of both sides, the sword even bent slightly.
If Liang Lidong didn't have the Swordsmanship Specialization, which added a few points of Toughness to the longsword and greatly increased its resistance to damage, the longsword would definitely have broken in two.
Uther's iron gloves were abnormally hard. They did not look like something made by humans. Instead, they looked more like the work of dwarves.
Under normal circumstances, if the weapon in the hand did not work, the attacker would most likely be surprised. However, Liang Lidong did not. He used the counterforce of his opponent's attack to instantly pull his weapon back. Then, he lowered his body and used the momentum of his running to rush under Uther's fist. Then, he drew an arc with his sword and cut directly at Uther's back.
Liang Lidong's target from the beginning was not Uther, but the castellan's wife, Sophia, who was hiding in the shadows behind him.
Sophia had the bloodline of a succubus, so the effect of hiding in the shadows was much stronger than that of an ordinary Assassin. Hiding behind her husband, her sense of presence was quite low. When her husband was fighting a strong enemy, she would wait for an opportunity to sneak up on him. For more than 20 years, she had never failed. But now, Beta had actually bypassed her husband and directly attacked her. This was something she had never encountered before. So, at this moment, she was stunned.
In that moment of daze, she lost her chance to counterattack. She could only watch as the tip of the sword cut her abdomen diagonally from top to bottom, cutting through the soft leather armor. The delicate skin of her abdomen felt the coldness of the tip of the sword, followed by a slight stab of pain. She finally reacted at this time, but it was already too late to retreat.
When a person was on the verge of death, everything seemed to have a slow-motion illusion. Sophia watched as the sword slowly cut into her skin. She saw her husband's terrified face. He tried his best to grab Betta's arm, but he was always a little bit away. Then Sophia saw Betta. Betta's handsome face was expressionless, but his eyes were filled with a cold murderous intent. This murderous intent did not seem to be directed at her. Instead, it was a kind of special aura that was formed after a long period of killing. It was almost like a real, spontaneous aura.
As the descendant of a human and a dark creature, Sophia's bloodline had a hidden instinct to submit to the strong. In the eyes of the dark creatures, the strong were those who dared to kill, who could look down on the lower creatures, and who had their own aura.
In the first 30 years of her life, she had never seen such a person, but now she saw Beta's cold blue eyes, which exuded a kind of majesty that only a high-level creature could have, a cold killing intent, and a pride that seemed to look at all the creatures in the world as ants, like a god.
At this moment, Sophia was no longer afraid. Her heart began to tremble. A mixture of fear and joy filled her heart. She was no longer afraid of death. Instead, she felt a kind of pleasure, even the pleasure of being tortured and killed by Beta.
The tip of Liang Lidong's sword had cut through the skin on Sophia's abdomen. If it was a few centimeters deeper, the wife's abdomen would be cut open. Her internal organs would spill out and fall to the ground. Even divine healing would not be able to save her.
This was a skill that the players had discovered after a long period of fighting. It could be considered as a very powerful attack.
However, at this moment, Liang Lidong's body suddenly stopped and he quickly retreated. As soon as he took two steps away from the wife, a long arrow nailed into the ground beside Sophia's feet. On the balcony of the second floor of the castle, the fat man from the Hibiscus Family, Gavin, was still in the posture of shooting with his longbow.
Uther hurriedly waved his huge sword to create a stream of air pressure, and then he shielded his wife behind him. His hands, which were holding the huge sword tightly, could not stop trembling. His wife's escape was too much for him.
The lady of the city lord pressed her abdomen with one hand and covered her face with the other. She knew very well that the expression on her face was definitely wrong and absolutely abnormal.